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Art and Empire : treasures from Assyria in the British Museum

by John Curtis, Julian Reade, Dominique Collon, Irving L. Finkel, Alberto Ravinell Whitney Green, H. McDonald, C. B. F. Walker, R. G. W. Anderson

A guide to the British Museum's Assyrian collection, examining stone reliefs from Nimrud and Nineveh, cuneiform clay tablets, and small artefacts. The text provides a thematic overview of the history and material culture of the ancient Assyrian world.

Accession 626 ISBN 0714111406 Publisher Trustees of the British Museum
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